Thursday, November 10, 2011

Hiding behind the Fat or Prisoner in your Body

So today I was thinking about how I could answer that question as simple as possible

HOW "did" I lose the menopausal weight?

I thought of losing weight being like.... "Wanting to Bake a Cake"!
You need the right Recipe.
(funny way to think of "how to lose weight" as "how to bake a cake")

But it's true,

If you wanted a CAKE

could you just stick a

Cake pan in the OVEN

and

HOPE for a Cake?

Of course not! You need to have the right ingredients and follow a great recipe

Isn't that true for most of what we want out of life.... it takes gathering the right "Truth"
Using time and energy as we measure it out, our energy and commitment to see it through, and then putting it in the Oven and having patience's (waiting) while it takes time for aroma of success to unfold. (well, kind of dumb, but you get the picture, right?)

Oh sure,
people want to just POP a pill in to their body,

like you POP a cake pan in the Oven and HOPE to get results! W A K E U P and Smell the stupidity!

So, I'm going to endeavor to write a type of recipe for Losing Weight.

I think, I think I got it....
Just like any recipe, if you forget an ingredient... it won't turn out right.
Like forgetting baking powder.... FLAT CAKE! Or just throwing a bunch of ingredients into a cake pan and sticking that in the oven ... Oh forget it... what a mess!
Seriously, You need to follow all the steps, not leave out any ingredients and properly prepare the cake batter before putting it in the oven. Same truth applies here!

(get ready, it may get brutal)

The First steps in the Recipe are as simple as A B C D

"A"DMITSoul search WHY Are YOU FAT? - ahhh Admit YOUR FAT

"Hi my name is Dumb-Dumb and I am Fat"

What? you think you're really hiding the fact that you're fat, or pretending you're ok being a "little overweight"? Come on... 20 lbs over weight is like carrying around another person (ok, a toddler)

We are a judgmental, critical and may I say hypocritical society. Don't kid yourself, people DO judge you by how you look. Ever hear of "first impressions"? You're look is your first impression. It shouts out either:
"I respect myself, therefore I take care of myself"
"I don't respect myself therefore I neglect myself"
OUCH

THIS IS NUMBER "ONE" to a weight loss program: Respecting yourselfYou heard me..... deal with it! Yes, it hurts! That why we avoid admitting the truth.

IF your BMI (body mass index) is:
25 to 29.99 You are OVERWEIGHT30 to 34.99 You are OBESE (class one)
35 to 39.99 You are OBESE (class two)
40 or Greater... YOU ARE MORBIDLY OBESE!

a waist circumference over 102 cm (40 in) in men and over 88 cm (35 inches) in women.

If you don't believe you "really" have a problem (you're in denial) and you will

fail at any attempts to lose weight.

you can't change something you don't really believe needs to be changed

What so bad about being a little overweight? Are you saying "so what" I'm happy?
Excuse me but I need to say that Overweight people are NOT healthy people because they are at risk for Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease to name the TOP two!

Being FAT IS NOT HEALTHY!

No one who is FAT is or will ever be considered "healthy"

(activity and exercise is not where you start in this recipe - FOOD is the Number one problem with obesity, Exercise is the FROSTING on the CAKE)

*Note: although most would like to say "my weight problem is due to a metabolic problem" (thyroid being THE number one EXCUSE), it may be.

But real excuses or not ....YOU CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROBLEM

Take responsibility for your health, please. Yes, Menopause is a culprit to weight gain (especially in the waist) BUT YOU CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!

YOU are a victim by choice

STOP being a Prisoner in your BODY!

"B"ackground Work
Take a SERIOUS look at your relationship with FOODYes, you may not know this but you have a RELATIONSHIP with food.
It can be a love, hate or addictive relationship, but I guarantee it is a Relationship.
It started when you were born, bottle fed, breast fed.... how you were brought up,
culture ........... ah, the Italian mother... "eat something.... manga"

Reason you're fat: C O U L D I T B E?

Is it because you have a unhealthy relationship with food?

Is it because you have poor habits?

Is it because you have NO respect for your body?

Is it because you're feeding the demons inside you, trying to sooth them?

* demons: unforgiveness, anger, FEAR

"C"heck your Habits

HABITS! Eating is a habitual event in our lives.

We eat without giving much thought to

why,

when

or

where

we are eating....

if it's there ....WE EAT.

If we're bored, we eat

If we're stressed, we eat

If we're celebrating we eat

If we're socializing, having a business meeting....

If it looks good, we eat it

WE freak'n Eat just because ... we have a relationship with food

It's obvious food has become an indulgent passion... cooking shows, TV commercials, advertisements.FLIP, even our beauty products smell so good we wish we could eat them!

About Me

Born in San Diego, CA into a large "Pentecostal" Sicilian Family. Raise by amazing Parents and had three Sisters. Married, blessed with three fabulous Children. Widowed and experienced going to college to earn a BSN In Nursing. Worked as a Registered Nurse while raising children as a Single Mom. Re-Married and blessed with a blended family of 6 adult kids and ELEVEN Brilliant Grandchildren. This blog of my personal journey for Health and Wellness is dedicated to my BIG FAMILY whom I love. As my Wise dearly departed Father would say "It's all about the Family".